[Hidden-tech] Volunteer needed to move WordPress site

[Tess Gadwa]

It's true. I volunteered hundreds of hours of layout and graphic design
services to a NC job placement nonprofit, but I was also a board member.
What I see more often is an attitude of entitlement: nonprofits expect a
pro bono or steeply discounted site simply because their cause is worthy,
without offering any chance to have meaningful input into the organization.

On Fri, Oct 31, 2014 at 9:27 AM, Robert Heller <heller at deepsoft.com> wrote:

> At Fri, 31 Oct 2014 07:58:38 -0400 Tess Gadwa <info at yesexactly.com> wrote:
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> > I couldn't agree more with what Paul said.  WordPress.com hosting
> performs
> > well technically, but support is nonexistent.
> >
> > Also, I am a little disturbed by the trend amongst nonprofits and artists
> > to expect "volunteer" websites. Do they also receive volunteer legal and
> > accounting services?
>
> I expect *some* lawyers and accountants volunteer their services, but
> probably
> only if said lawyers and accountants have a vested (?) interest in the
> nonprofits.  Eg the lawyer or accountant is a member of the organization
> or is
> providing a sponsership *in kind* to the organization or something like
> that.
> Or providing services pro bono because they believe in the 'cause'.
>
> I *guess* the same sometimes happens with other professional services.
> (For
> example Deepwoods Software provides web hosting for the Wendell Full Moon
> Coffeehouse as a sponsership in kind.)
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> > Tess Gadwa
> > Yesexactly.com
> > On Oct 31, 2014 7:44 AM, "Paul Stallman" <paul at alias-solutions.com>
> wrote:
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> > >
> > > A simple import/export only pulls pages and posts, it doesn't pull
> > > setting, plugins, theme files, galleries (non wordpress).  My question
> is
> > > why would anyone want to go to Wordpress.com for hosting.  Granted it's
> > > free, but you know what you get when you pay free for your hosting????
> > >
> > > A great man once said, "It's unwise to pay too much, but it is worse to
> > > pay too little.  When you pay too much, you lose a little money - that
> is
> > > all.  When you pay too little, you sometimes lose everything because
> the
> > > thing you bought was incapable of doing the thing it was bought to
> do.  The
> > > common law of business balance prohibits paying a little and getting a
> lot;
> > > it can't be done.  If you deal with the lowest bidder, it is well to
> add
> > > something for the risk you run.  And if you do that, you will have
> enough
> > > to pay for something better."
> > >
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> > >
> > > Paul Stallman - Owner, Creative Director, Web Guru
> > > paul at alias-solutions.com
> > > 413.364.6147
> > >
> > > How will the world know you?
> > > *alias*|solutions
> > > web design | graphic design | online marketing
> > >
> > > <http://www.alias-solutions.com/>www.alias-solutions.com
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > On Thu, Oct 30, 2014 at 5:15 PM, Greg Perham <glp at gregperham.com>
> wrote:
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> > >> Assuming the theme and any plugins are compatible with wp.com and
> > >> enabled, yes, that's all there is to it—export and import.
> > >>
> > >> Greg Perham
> > >>
> > >>
> > >> On Oct 30, 2014, at 10:12 AM, Rich Roth <webmaster at hidden-tech.net>
> > >> wrote:
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> > >>
> > >>  Anne,
> > >> Given that wordpress includes an export function, and wordpress.com
> > >> supports importing that export file,
> > >> what more do you need ?
> > >>
> > >> Also, It would have been good to identify the nonprofit in your post.
> > >>
> > >> If you email me offline, I might be able to handle it
> > >>
> > >> Rich/webmaster HT
> > >>
> > >> On 10/30/2014 9:15 AM, Anne Campbell wrote:
> > >>
> > >>   Hi all,
> > >>
> > >>  A local nonprofit organization is looking for a volunteer to perform
> one
> > >> quick task: moving our simple WordPress website from the existing
> host to
> > >> wordpress.com. If you have experience with this kind of move and are
> > >> willing to do this small job pro bono, please contact me off-list.
> > >>
> > >>  Thanks very much!
> > >>
> > >> -Anne Campbell
> > >>
> > >> --
> > >> Anne Campbell, info at annecampbelldesign.com
> > >> http://www.annecampbelldesign.com/
> > >> http://www.riverbenddoula.com/
> > >>
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